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== Live Action TV ==
* The new{{when}} opening to ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' features Stephen doing this with a flagpole. With as many epic trimmings as you can pack into one intro.
* One episode [1.07] of ''Camelot'' has a group of female dancers planting swords into a table in front of surprised diners.
* [[Kamen Rider Blade]] tends to stick his sword into the ground when he performs his [[Finishing Move|Lightning Blast/Sonic]]. Sometimes he'll jump off of the sword to get extra height for the kick.
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** Also used in ''[[The Wind Waker]]'' and ''[[Twilight Princess]]'', the first to {{spoiler|kill Ganon}} and the second to {{spoiler|gain entrance to the Temple of Time}} , as well as {{spoiler|killing Ganondorf}}.
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'' has Link doing this to enter the Silent Realms.
** One of Ganondorf's victory animations in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Melee'' has him do this with a [[
* [[Fire Emblem|Ike's]] taunt in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''.
** Ike's "Eruption" special attack in the game also involves stabbing the ground and making ''[[Incendiary Exponent|fire]]'' shoot out.
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* Frog has a move like this in ''[[Chrono Trigger]]''.
* Zero frequently uses techniques like this in ''[[Mega Man X]]'' and ''[[Mega Man Zero]]''.
* ''[[Dragon's Lair]]'': a knight in black armor with a [[
* ''[[RuneScape]]'': the Dragon 2h Sword's special attack
* ''[[Illusion of Gaia]]'': Will's knightly alter ego Freedan could create paralysis-inducing earthquakes by leaping from high places and stabbing his sword into the ground as he fell.
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* Part of Mitsurugi and Yoshimitsu's kata in the ''[[Soul Series]]''.
* Used in numerous artes like Guardian Field throughout the ''[[Tales (series)]]''.
* Duke of ''[[Battle Arena Toshinden]]'' has his "Helm Crush" attack, where he swings his [[
* The introductory illustrations of ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]'''s ''Heir to the Throne'' campaign show Delfador making the point that even a hotshot princely swordsman shouldn't mess around with a [[Simple Staff]], as their duel concludes with Delfador leaving said staff behind ''rammed through the prince's body into the ground''.
* Not an attack precisely, but the opening cinematic to ''[[World of Warcraft]]: Wrath of the Lich King'' features Arthas stabbing the runeblade Frostmourne into a glacier as part of a spell to reanimate the massive blue dragon Sindragosa, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkyGhSBc-do as seen here.] He later uses the same method to shatter the ground beneath the Argent Coliseum during the Trial of the Crusader, dropping characters into the Nerubian underworld to face Anub'arak.
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